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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Jabed Ahmed

Young girls orphaned after father dies in Air India plane crash on way back from scattering wife’s ashes

Two young sisters have been left orphaned after their father died in the Air India plane crash, just weeks after their mother died from cancer.

Arjun Patoliya had travelled to India to hold a funeral for his wife Bharti. After fulfilling his wife’s dying wish to scatter her ashes in Gujarat, Mr Patoliya boarded the Air India flight to Gatwick to return home to his two daughters, aged four and eight.

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